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Raymond C. Bennett
Mar 5, 2006
Raymond C. Bennett, 54 of Hahira, died Sunday, March 5, 2006 at this residence after a lengthy illness. Born on August 11, 1951 in Naylor, he was the son of the late Henry Herschell Bennett and Lula Mildred Cone Lightsey Bennett Parr. He worked for Pete McCord on his farm and with his heating and air conditioning business. He was...
William Candler Tomlinson, Jr.
Mar 5, 2006
Obit on William Candler “Dub” Tomlinson, Jr.William Candler “Dub” Tomlinson, Jr., 75, of Echols County died on Sunday, March 5, 2006 after a lengthy illness. Mr. Tomlinson was the son of the late William Candler Sr. and Eula Mae Peterson Tomlinson and was retired from the Langdale Company. He was a U.S. Army veteran who was stationed at Walter Reed...
Collie Zipperer Scott
Mar 4, 2006
Collie Zipperer Scott, 93, of Valdosta died on Saturday, March 4, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Lowndes County to the late Benjamin Oscar and Bessie Davis Zipperer, she was a secretary for a steam shipping company and was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Valdosta.Survivors include one sister, Ina Z. Morris of Valdosta; nephews,...
Martha Sue Alexander
Mar 4, 2006
Martha Alexander, 53 of Lake Park, died on Saturday, March 04, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born on May 31, 1952 in Valdosta, she was the daughter of Edna Wiggins Green and the late Joseph Lewis Green. She worked in retail and was a member of Antioch Church.Other survivors are daughters and sons-in-law, Denise and...
Robert Shepard Cherry
Mar 2, 2006
ROBERT SHEPARD CHERRY, 79, of Ray City died Wednesday, March 1, 2006 at the Crestwood Nursing Home. He was born on August 18, 1926 in Plainview, Texas and had lived in Riverdale, Georgia before moving to this area in 1989. Mr. Cherry was retired from the United States Army and was affiliated with the VFW in Riverdale. He was a...
Claudia Wilkinson Clements
Mar 2, 2006
Claudia Wilkinson Clements, 91, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, March 2, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Bulloch County, Georgia on June 11, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Birdie Proctor and William Arnie Lanier. She had made her home in Valdosta for the past 63 years, was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist...
Gladys Copeland Price
Mar 2, 2006
Gladys Copeland Price, 76, lifetime resident of Valdosta, died on Thursday March 2, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born in Colquitt County, on March 14, 1929, she was the daughter of the late James I. and Mary Jane Tompkins Tyson and widow of the late Perry James Price. She was a homemaker and member of...
Clay A. Smith
Mar 1, 2006
CLAY A. SMITH, 70, of Lake Park died Wednesday, March 1, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on January 28, 1936 in Ten Mile, Tennessee to the late Charlie Mack and Rennie Bell Lynns Smith and had lived in Lowndes County since 1966. Mr. Smith was known as the “Tile Man” and owned and operated Clay Smith...
Verdie Alma Powell Harnage
Mar 1, 2006
REVISED OBITVerdie Alma Powell Harnage, 82 of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 at Louis Smith Memorial Hospital in Lakeland after a lengthy illness. Born on December 13, 1923 in Nashville, she was the daughter of the late Bart and Carey Kirkland Powell and the widow of Marion Harnage. She was a member of Naylor Holiness Church. Survivors are...
Doris Dixon Hall
Feb 26, 2006
Doris Dixon Hall, 82, of Barney, died Sunday, February 26, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on April 18, 1923 in Brooks County to the late Lou Allen and Nancy Ellen Coppage Dixon. Mrs. Hall was a homemaker and nurse and a member of Campground United Methodist Church.She is survived by her daughter and son in law,...
Amanda Denise Griffin
Feb 25, 2006
Amanda Denise Griffin, 21, of Morven, died suddenly Saturday, February 25, 2006 in Moultrie. Born in Hahira, she was a lifelong resident of this area. Amanda was an artist and loved to make crafts. She greatly loved people and animals and loved to travel. She attended Morrison Baptist Church and Morven Church of God and loved her church families. She...
Burley Lude Lehman, Jr.
Feb 24, 2006
Burley Lude Lehman, Jr., 84, died on Friday, February 24, 2006, at his home in Emerson. Son of the late Burley Lude, Sr., and Lena Cribbs Lehman, he was born in Hahira on June 19, 1921. Formerly of Valdosta, Mr. Lehman was in the U.S. Navy Reserves, was a Butcher and Market Manager with Harveys’ for 25 years. He was...
Mary Frances Croft
Feb 23, 2006
Mary Frances Croft, 66 of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born on April 13, 1939 in Ashburn, GA, she was the daughter of the late Barney and Thelma Wright Hart and widow of Doyle Croft. She was a homemaker and a member of Lake Park United Methodist Church.Survivors are...
Ralph Wayne Jenkins
Feb 23, 2006
RALPH WAYNE JENKINS, 56, of Shelbyville, Michigan died Thursday, February 23, 2006 at the home of his son in Muscadine, Alabama. He was born on December 10, 1949 in Benton Harbor, Michigan and had lived in Valdosta from 1974-1982 before returning back to Michigan. Mr. Jenkins was a screen print artist and a veteran of the U. S. Army.Survivors include...
Doyster M. Tyler Jr.
Feb 23, 2006
Doyster M. Tyler, Jr., 43, died on February 23, 2006, at his residence in Valdosta. Born in Valdosta on October 5, 1962, he was the son of Rebecca Ezell Tyler and the late Doyster Tyler, Sr. Mr. Tyler had worked in retail and was a member of Faith Baptist Church. Survivors are his mother, a brother and sister in law,...
Albert Sidney Pendleton, Jr.
Feb 21, 2006
Albert Sidney Pendleton, Jr., 80, of Valdosta, passed away on February 21, 2006, at his residence after a lengthy illness. He was born March 15, 1925, in Valdosta to the late Albert Sidney Pendleton, Sr., and Helen Brown Pendleton. He was also preceded in death by his brother William F. Pendleton. He retired from The A. S. Pendleton Company, Southern...
Frederick Eston Harvey
Feb 21, 2006
FREDERICK ESTON HARVEY, 78, of Valdosta died Tuesday, February 21, 2006 at the Lakehaven Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. He was born in Rockwood, Tennessee on July 25, 1927 to the late Andrew Jackson Harvey and Florence Eunice Morris-Harvey. Mr. Harvey had lived in this area for the past 40 years. He joined the U. S. Navy in 1945...
Sheree Blanchard
Feb 20, 2006
Sheree Blanchard, 48, of Valdosta, died on Monday, February 2006 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital after a sudden illness. She was born on March 3, 1957 in Valdosta where she lived all of her life. She was employed with Doctor’s Laboratory and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church of Lake Park. She was a Sunday School teacher for the 3...
Stella Rowland
Feb 20, 2006
Stella Rowland, 80 of Valdosta, died on Monday, February 20, 2006 at Smith Northview Hospital after a short illness. Born on March 10, 1925 in Greeleyville, SC, she was the daughter of the late Dan L. and Mary Etta Browder Green. She retired after 30 years with Valdosta Printing Company and was of the Baptist faith.Survivors are her husband, Coot...
Vivian L. Minton
Feb 19, 2006
Vivian L. Minton, 78 of Valdosta, GA, died on Sunday, February 19, 2006 at her residence. Born on September 11, 1927 in Tampa, FL, she was the daughter of the late Robert Dake Leonard and Mildred Peavey Leonard McCall and the widow of James Franklin Minton who died in 1969. She was a homemaker and a member of Benevolence Baptist...
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